As part of our series on ALS, Safeeya Pirani talks with Jan Bruce – an avid hockey fan – as she discusses her changing diagnosis – and living with the disease known as PLS.
Richard Yang was diagnosed with ALS in 2015 after an entire year of going through multiple tests and meeting with specialists. Safeeya Pirani visits him at his Burnaby home to learn about his journey with the disease, and how him and his wife are hopeful that researchers will be able to create a specific test for early detection and find a cure.
Gloria Macarenko chats with Dr. Erik Pioro, ALS Society of BC Professorship in ALS Research and Professor of Neurology at the UBC Department of Medicine, on October 23rd, 2024.
Vancouver’s entertainment community rallies around the local broadcaster and singer known as Downtown Julie Brown. She’s been diagnosed with ALS and she’s organized an incredible fundraising concert. She joins Gloria Macarenko to tell her all about it.
